Merson: Top four ‘still on’ for Arsenal; ‘not convinced’ by Spurs

Ex-Arsenal man Paul Merson isn’t convinced by Tottenham and believes his former side could still make the top four this season.

Arsenal looked to be in pole position a few weeks ago but after losing three of their last four Premier League fixtures, Spurs now appear to be the favourites.

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Antonio Conte’s side have taken advantage of Arsenal’s blip, winning their last four in a convincing fashion to move ahead of their great rivals and into the top four.

However, despite Spurs now holding the advantage, Merson hasn’t been fully convinced by Spurs and believes his old side are still in with a good chance.

Writing in his Sky Sports column, Merson said: “I still feel Arsenal have got a chance. Arsenal have got to go to Chelsea and Tottenham have still got to face Liverpool, which will be a different game. With Chelsea beating Southampton last weekend, that’s sort of cemented their top-four place.

“What I would say is that the Arsenal players are at their ceiling. They’re playing as well as they can and there isn’t too much more in the locker. They had a day against Brighton where they dropped off that level and they got beaten.

“If you take a couple of players out who are very influential in that team and things aren’t great. The squad’s not big and Mikel Arteta virtually picks the same players all the time and against Brighton, they bumped into a team who had nothing to play for and who had a free swing.

“I felt it would be a dodgy game. Brighton hadn’t been playing well but you sensed it would be a nice football match.

“Arsenal couldn’t get their full team out and it became a bit of a struggle. Kieran Tierney is a massive player and Thomas Partey has become